Why to use inotify-cxx

inotify-cxx encapsulates inotify syscalls into a few C++ object
classes. There are many reasons why to use inotify-cxx instead of the raw
inotify (although inotify-cxx has certain overhead).

simple use - You can work with object classes not with
low level data such as file descriptors, raw event buffers and so on.

exception-based error handling - All errors are reported
by throwing an exception which simplifies error handling and logging.

direct access to inotify parameters - The normal way how to
get and set inotify parameters is to use procfs files (or sysctl(), but this
way is obsolete). inotify-cxx provides direct access to these parameters
through static object methods.

user-space queues - In addition to the inotify kernel queues, inotify-cxx
provides its own queues inside the Inotify class. These user-space queues have
unlimited size and (unlike the kernel queues) don't waste physical memory
(they can be eventually swapped out).